These are limited to things like directing a torch to explore the screen, or moving your inventory around. There is some use made of the Wii-mote's gestures, but not overly so. The controls have been sensibly implemented. Playing co-op mode with the kids worked well. It's not quite a tight and streamlined as the Lego games, but there's still a lot to enjoy. You have to select appropriately skilled characters to get past certain obstacles as well as collect and deliver a range of items to progress. This is not a million miles away from the game play of the Lego videogames. The game is a puzzle-platformer with a good dose of brawling. It's a little like going back and watching the original Simpsons episodes - there's an eerie not quite right quality - and here it hooks right into the mystery motif. Sure, the characters themselves have had a bit of a make over and don't quite seem like the real thing, but the general spirit of the cast is captured perfectly. Sensibly sidestepping the miniature side-kick, it creates a game that really feels like Scooby-doo. Scooby-Doo and the Spooky Swamp was just the ticket for me. Whether things have improved since Scooby-doo First Frights Wii I'm not sure, but I seemed to get on better with this game than Mark. A combination of the original cartoons now looking dated and rarely broadcast, and the miss-step of introducing Scrappy-doo who managed to upset the horror-comedy balance of the original. My kids haven't really clicked with the series though. I remember watching it when pretty young, being a little bit scared of the ghosts and ghouls who 'would have got away with it'. By combining comedy and earnest characters in a range of situations from the ridiculous to the seriously scary it appealed on a number of levels. Co-op play and no Scrappy make this a game the kids let me get away with. Scooby-Doo and the Spooky Swamp returns us to the light-horror mysteries that made the original series such a success.

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